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Professor Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, a delegation of the French municipality of Nice Côte d'Azur, to discuss cooperation mechanisms in the various scientific and academic fields of common interest.
The delegation included Mrs. Agnes Rampal, Deputy Mayor of Nice, delegate for the Euro-Mediterranean region, and president of the European Mediterranean Cities Network, Mr. Xavier Latour, municipality adviser, representative of higher education, research and continuing education, and the Dean of the College of Law and Political Science in Nice. The two sides discussed the proposed areas of cooperation and agreed on holding online meetings during the coming period through Zoom application to discuss future cooperation through joint degrees.
In his speech, Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa welcomed the French delegation to Alexandria University premises, pointing to the relations between the two sides through academic cooperation and common degrees with many French universities, in Aix-Marseille, Poitier, Bordeaux, Toulouse and Grenoble in France. He pointed out the advantage of Alexandria University for having special French language departments in several faculties, which cooperate in research with French universities, as well as having a branch in the Francophone African state of Chad. He added that Alexandria University has also signed several cooperation agreements with many European universities in Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom, and with American universities as well. Konsowa indicated that he hopes to achieve more cooperation with French universities by creating more common degrees in the undergraduate and joint studies, as well as at the level of scientific research, the exchange of faculty and students, and cooperation through various research projects.
While the French delegation affirmed their keenness to cooperate with the deep-rooted Alexandria University, especially as it is one of the oldest universities in the Middle East. The delegation stressed the strong cultural and historical dimension linking Egypt and France, especially between Alexandria Governorate and the French municipality of Nice, hoping to consolidate cooperation with Alexandria University in several educational programs.
The meeting was attended by Dr. Ashraf El-Ghandour, Vice President of the University for Graduate Studies and Research, Dr. Mohamed El-Feki, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Dr. Walid Abdelazim, vice-dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Dr. Mamdouh Mansour, Officer of International Cooperation at the Faculty of Economic Studies and Political Science, Dr. Abeer El-Wakil, international Francophone relations officer, Dr. Ziad El-Sayyad, Executive Director of the Engineering Centre, Dr. Reem Hafez, coordinator of the Applied Linguistics Program and Professor at the Faculty of Arts, and Dr. Ahmed Selim, Professor of Business Administration at the Faculty of Commerce.